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Cruise Night

On Friday night I got the opportunity to drive a 1970 Z28 Camaro to the local car show for a great night out with some friends and family. I must say there really is something about the low growl of a muscle car.  Looking forward to the next show with anticipation and excitement.

Included with this post is several of the cars at the show.  Look for the orange and black Camaro that’s the one I drove to the show.  (insert large smile here).

A Conversation with a Drunk Cowboy

Recently I took a trip to Old Bedford Village for the Old West reenactment.  If you ever have the chance to attend this event drop everything and GO!!  One of these two cowboys is the town drunk.  Can you guess which one?

Druken Conversation

Whats on the Other Side

Yesterday I received some news about my job which is concerning.  Some of you may know that I work as a store manager for Radio Shack in Pittsburgh.  I started as a part timer in 2011 and worked my way up to assistant manager then store manager.  I truly enjoy the work that I do and have made some great friends along the way.  But with the announcement of Radio Shack declaring bankruptcy, I find myself at  a cross roads of sorts.  The company has started the liquidation process on many stores and so far my store isn’t on the list, but I’m relatively certain that it will be added in the very near future.

So here I sit just 9 days short of my 39th birthday with a very uncertain future.  I have a lot of experience and have no doubt that I will be able to land on my feet in a very short period of time but the question for me is: Which way do I go? Stay in retail or try something completely different?

Obviously I have some very important decisions to make in the very near future, but for now I’ll ponder a quote from a Robert Frost poem that I have enjoyed for years,

Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
Tonight I took a photo of an alley in Pittsburgh and this poem and my situation came to mind.  Maybe it’s time for me to take a stroll down the less traveled path and see whats on the other side of the steam in the photo.
Dark Street

365 – 151 Watching the Streets

Today’s photo comes from the civil war reenactment at Old Bedford Village.  If you haven’t noticed I really like the reenactments.  This gentleman was watching the streets in town while guarding over the local jail house.

The intense look on his face just really caught my eye and the decision to go black and white was simple.

Hope you enjoy.  And tomorrow I will be attending an old western reenactment, so get ready for some cowboys.

Watching

365 – 150 Civil War Operation

Todays photo comes from the Civil War reenactment that I attended at Old Bedford Village this past weekend.  After the battle many of the soldiers lay wounded, dying, or dead on the field.  This photo shows a Doctor working hard to help an unlucky solider that was wounded when he was shot through the cheek during the battle.

One of my favorite parts of these reenactments is learning about how things took place, how the soldiers lived, ate, and fought side by side.  And this reenactment depicted a great deal of the day-to-day lives of the soldiers before and after the battle, including surgery for the wounded and how they were cared for after surgery.

Operation